“He’s a player who left the club and we wished him luck at the time of his departure.

“Since then, nothing else has happened. We aren’t going to enter into a hypothetical debate about what someone says about a player that isn’t ours.”

Ivan Rakitic has said he “would open the door” for Neymar if he wanted to return.

It has been reported that PSG would want any club interested in signing Neymar to pay €400 million.

Barca have spent the €222m they received for Neymar on the signings of Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele, and with Arthur and potentially Antoine Griezmann set to arrive later this year are unlikely to pay that amount.

Coach Ernesto Valverde said last week that he does not have that kind of money to spend but that Madrid may do.

“If Neymar will go to Real Madrid for €400m?” Vives said. “I couldn’t possibly talk about the money that other teams might have available for him.”